Summary

With 20+ years of proven expertise in IT service delivery and management, I serve as Associate Director at Kyndryl, a global frontrunner in digital transformation and managed services. In my current role, I lead high-performing teams to deliver innovative solutions across cloud, enterprise applications, distributed/mainframe, and storage systems for high-value clients spanning diverse industries.

I specialize in orchestrating seamless IT service management, driving compliance initiatives, and executing complex projects that align with clients’ strategic goals. My leadership has resulted in the successful migration of workloads to IBM Cloud, enabling clients to shift from Capex to Opex models and realize significant operational efficiencies. I am adept at streamlining processes, championing continuous improvement, and fostering an agile culture. As a certified DevOps engineer with hands-on experience in AWS Public Cloud, I am passionate about harnessing the power of AIOps, Agile, and Cloud to deliver faster, smarter, and more secure IT services. My mission is to empower organizations to achieve digital excellence, unlock new business value, and accelerate their technology transformation journey.

Core Skills
Leadership & Management
Client Relations Team Leadership Project Management Contract Management Governance Budget Management
Technical
Cloud Services AWS DevOps Mainframe VMware IBM Cloud Service Management IT Security & Compliance Business Continuity AIOps
Key Accomplishments
98% reduction in incident/monitoring alert volume for an insurance client by implementing Kyndryl's Integrated AIOps.
74% improvement in Service Desk resolution rate for a pharmaceutical client.
Led the migration effort from VMWare NSX-V to T for 60 Linux servers, 12 ESXi hosts with minimal service disruption.
$100,000 annual savings on IBM Cloud bill by optimizing use of block storage, and bare metal devices.
Reduced Oracle license footprint for WebLogic by migrating to Red Hat JBoss for an insurance client.
Professional Experience

Delivery Partner / Associate Director

September 2021 – Present
Hyderabad
  • Deliver insightful leadership for overseeing enterprise content management for insurance client.
  • Build account satisfaction through formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of technical and business solutions.
  • Played a vital role in re-platforming and transitioning the On-Prem workload to IBM cloud.
  • Refreshed VMWare stack from NSX-V to T.
  • Implemented AIOps, Agile Delivery.

Service Delivery Manager

June 2018 – August 2021
Livingston, NJ
  • Oversaw end-to-end delivery of mainframe services to insurance client representing $133M component of the $390M contract.
  • Contributed to the successful migration of ~340 applications from on-prem to IBM z/cloud.
  • Established IT service management/compliance processes, governance procedures, and reporting structure.
  • Led the customer's divestiture initiative (infrastructure setup, migration, knowledge transfer).

Service Delivery Manager

May 2013 – May 2018
Hartford, CT
  • Managed delivery of enterprise applications (Middleware, Enterprise Content Management, Web Hosting) and SAN storage services.
  • Provided a consumable service aligned to availability and business continuity requirements.
  • Migrated workload to IBM private cloud, reducing footprint of physical middleware and web hosting servers.
  • Reduced Oracle license footprint for WebLogic by migrating to Red Hat JBoss.

Service Delivery Manager

May 2009 – April 2013
Hyderabad

Managed distributed (Unix, Intel) and mainframe services delivery for a US credit reporting agency. Led project teams, rectified service reliability issues. Managed budgets to ensure proper allocation and utilization of resources.

Assistant Manager

April 2006 – April 2009
Hyderabad

Managed IT Service Desk to facilitate pharmaceutical client with incident resolution and service request management. Improved first call resolution rate from 30% to 75%.

Group Leader

March 2004 – March 2006
New Delhi

Managed Email and Chat Support for Dell consumers.

Technical Support Associate

September 2001 – February 2004
New Delhi

Voice support for Dell consumers.

Education
Bachelor of Engineering
Electronics and Communication
Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology • 2001
Certifications
Data Science & Machine Learning
Aug 2025
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Sep 2024
Amazon Web Services
Advanced Certification in DevOps
Feb 2023
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore
Google Cloud Digital Leader
Feb 2022
Google
AWS Cloud Practitioner
Apr 2023
Amazon Web Services